ANCIENT GREECE XIII: Student Reports 22 May - 21 June 2008 Last update: 17 April 2008

Possible REPORTS: Sites & Topics

Here are some report topics that have worked well on past trips -- or come up with your own!

After you select a topic, you will be provided with a starter bibliography.

	Place	Report Topics	Student
sometime	somewhere	archaeological techniques	Jeff O'Neil
MAY
22 Th	arrive
23 F	Acropolis	Worship of Athena the Parthenon	Parthenon: Rebecca Wasserman
24 Sa	Agora	Government of Athens Socrates's Trial
25 Su	Corinth	Roman Greece
26 M	Epidauros, Mycenae	Greek Medicine Greek Theater The House of Atreus Myths of the Trojan War	medicine: Brooke Castrop Theater: Katie Hill
27 Tu	Tiryns,	Myths of Herakles	Jessica Withrow
28 W	Sparta	Spartan Life	Alyssa Lorenz
29 Th	Mystra	Byzantine church architecture Byzantine Frescoes Greek Orthodox Christianity	Frescoes: Jennifer Kirmer
30 F	Methone, Pylos	Crusaders &/or Venetians in Greece Battles of Pylos & Navarino Bay
31 Sa	Palace of Nestor	Mycenaean palace architecture tholos tombs	palaces: David Stinson
JUNE
1 Su	Bassae	Temple to Apollo	Adam Rogers
2 M	Olympia	Temple/Statue of Zeus Olympic Games	temple: Amy Williamson games: Katie Brosious
3 Tu	Delphi	The Delphic Oracle	Lauren Tallent
4 W	Delphi	Treasuries; the Pythian Games
5 Th	Osios Loukas	Byzantine mosaics
6 F	Gla
7 Sa	Pnyx, Kerameikos	Women's Festivals Greek death & burial
8 Su	National Museum	individual sculptures
9 M	boat to Mykonos	ancient boats; ancient shipping
10, 11 Tu, W	Delos	Artemis sanctuary; Apollo sanctuary; foreign gods in Greece; early synagogues; ancient houses
13 F	Naxos	carving marble statues
14 Sa	Naxos	the Early Cycladic period	David Stinson
16 M
17 T	Thera volcano	volcanoes
20 F	Athena Aphaia temple	details of temple architecture
21 Sa	Sounion	Temple to Poseidon	Kelly Dugan

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